I'm new to both marketing games AND Twitter. We spent a year developing our first game Forces of Nature and marketing has been a fail so far. I emailed a bunch of game review sites and we got a couple reviews but I think I need to do another round.

I've heard people say it can work well to talk to reviewers through twitter.. but how do you do this is a non-rude way? Like what exactly would the tweet look like?

Normal interaction you need dialog with them before you ask for a favor. If they post about a review and you like the review or the game let them know they are people too and people like to help people they know.

I can sympathize, it can be a little tricky to get your game in front of people without sounding like a total douche.

Just be friendly. Try to respond to tweets that aren't necessarily just about you or promoting your game.

Here's one tip to be able to talk about your game in a not so douchey way. reviewers will often post about their (shock!) reviews on twitter. You can reply, saying that you liked the review or that you were pleased to find out about the game they reviewed (hopefully all true) and maybe they'd like to check out your game too sometime in the future.

Yeah, just treat them as people, just like twitter in general. If you want a favor, make it worth their while if you're out of the blue. If you are friendly, be legitimately friendly because you want to be. You'll get out what you put in.

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